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The Sale of Part of the UK Gold Reserves
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that the Treasury had successfully met its objective to sell part of the UK’s gold reserves in a transparent and fair manner while achieving value for money. He also said that the Treasury’s agents, the Bank of England, had kept the gold […]
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The Sale of National Transcommunications Limited
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The Sale of National Power and PowerGen
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The Sale of London Transport’s Bus Operating Companies
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The Sale of Girobank plc
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The sale of Eurostar
Published on:The sale of Eurostar generated proceeds of £757m. The government prepared well for the sale and achieved its objectives to maximise proceeds. The sale illustrates some general lessons for government as it embarks on its asset sales programme.
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The Sale of British Technology Group
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The Rutherford Appleton Laborator
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The rural broadband programme
Published on:The programme to make superfast broadband widely available in each area of the UK is currently expected to be delivered nearly two years later than planned.
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The Royal Parks – An Executive Agency
Published on:Sir John Bourn, Head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that to build on the progress it has made in recent years The Royal Parks needs to continue to develop its core plans for promoting greater access to the Parks, strengthen the way it manages income generating activities and benchmark its performance […]
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The Royal Mint
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The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in England
Published on:This report evaluates the government’s COVID-19 vaccine programme focusing on events up to the end of October 2021.
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The roll-out of the Jobcentre Plus office network
Published on:The Jobcentre Plus programme rolled out a network of over 800 offices, combining the functions of the former jobcentres and social security offices, and was completed for £314 million less than the original £2.2 billion budget according to a National Audit Office report released today. The project was well managed, particularly the procurement aspect, where […]
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The role of prescribed persons
Published on:The wider government needs to do more to understand the experience of whistleblowers and to act where whistleblowers suffer detriment.#
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The Risk of Fraud in Property Management
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today on the risk of fraud in property management in the Ministry of Defence. Property management on the Defence Estate consists of maintenance work and minor new construction work up to a value of about £300,000 for each individual job, including VAT and […]
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The return of Lloyds Banking Group to private ownership
Published on:Now that all Lloyds shares have been sold we reviewed how the government prepared for and carried out the sales from March 2014 onwards.
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The Retail Prices Inde
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The Restructuring of British Energy
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today on the support provided by the Department of Trade and Industry to the restructuring of British Energy completed in January 2005; and the Department’s management of the risks to the taxpayer arising from the Company’s activities since the completion of restructuring. The Company was […]
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The Restart scheme for long‑term unemployed people
Published on:The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) set up the Restart scheme to help people made unemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This report considers the performance of the scheme so far.